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Quartered Safe Out Here: A Harrowing Tale of World War II by George Macdonald Fraser Publisher Comments George MacDonald Fraser--beloved for his series of Flashman historical novels--offers an action-packed memoir of his experiences in Burma during World War II. Fraser was only 19 when he arrived there in the war's final year, and he offers a first-hand... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper 
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The B-24 in China: General Chennault's Secret Weapon in World War II (Stackpole Military History) by A B Feuer Publisher Comments This book records the World War II experiences of Capt. Elmer E. Haynes, who flew low-altitude night radar strikes against Japanese shipping in the South China Sea and daylight raids against various enemy land-based installations in eastern and central... (read more) List Price $14.50 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Now the Hell Will Start: One Soldier's Flight from the Greatest Manhunt of World War II by Brendan I. Koerner Publisher Comments Part history, part thriller, Now the Hell Will Start tells the astonishing tale of Herman Perry, the soldier who sparked the greatest manhunt of World War II — and who became that war's unlikeliest folk hero. A true story of murder, love, and... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Preemptive Strike: The Secret Plan That Would Have Prevented the Attack on Pearl Harbor by Alan Armstrong Publisher Comments The untold story of a plan that would have prevented Pearl Harbor--and perhaps World War... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $4.25 Sale - Hardcover
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Duel #41: B-24 Liberator vs KI-43 Oscar: China and Burma 1943 by Edward M. Young Publisher Comments During the late 1930s an armament race developed between bombers and the fighters that were bent on stopping them. The development of multi-engined, multi-gun, all-metal bombers forced a corresponding increase in fighter armament which, in turn, led to... (read more) Your price: $17.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Flying Tiger: The True Story of General Claire Chennault and the U.S. 14th Air Force in China by Jack Samson Publisher Comments The Flying Tigers and the U.S. Fourteenth will be the subject of a huge upcoming film from IMAX and director John Woo. The film is scheduled to start shooting in spring 2011 with no firm release date stated yet. The role of Chenault in the film is likely... (read more) Your price: $18.95 New - Trade Paper
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Flying Tigers: Claire Chennault and His American Volunteers, 1941-1942 by Daniel Ford Publisher Comments During World War II, in the skies over Rangoon, Burma, a handful of American pilots met and bloodied the "Imperial Wild Eagles" of Japan and in turn won immortality as the Flying Tigers. One of America's most famous combat forces, the Tigers were... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang Publisher Comments In December 1937, the Japanese army swept into the ancient city of Nanking. Within weeks, more than 300,000 Chinese civilians were systematically raped, tortured, and murdered—a death toll exceeding that of the atomic blasts of Hiroshima and... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Combat Aircraft #87: B-24 Liberator Units of the CBI by Edward M. Young Publisher Comments Osprey's study of the B-24 Liberator Units in the CBI Theatre of World War II (1939-1945). The B-24 Liberator was the mainstay of the US Army Air Force's strategic bombing effort in the China-Burma-India (CBI) Theatre from 1942 until the end of the war... (read more) Your price: $22.95 New - Trade Paper
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1000 Days in Siberia: The Odyssey of a Japanese-American POW by Iwao Peter Sano Publisher Comments Iwao Peter Sano, a California Nisei, sailed to Japan in 1939 to become an adopted son to his childless aunt and uncle. He was fifteen and knew no Japanese. In the spring of 1945, loyal to his new country, Sano was drafted in the last levy raised in the... (read more) List Price $19.25 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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William D. Pawley: The Extraordinary Life of the Adventurer, Entrepreneur, and Diplomat Who Cofounded the Flying Tigers by Anthony R. Carrozza Publisher Comments William Douglas Pawley was a cross between Indiana Jones and Donald Trump. A self-made millionaire with little education, he immersed himself in whatever business venture he chose and usually came out on top. As a sales representative for the Curtiss... (read more) Your price: $34.95 New - Hardcover
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Air Commandos Against Japan: Allied Special Operations in World War II Burma by William T Yblood Book News Annotation Y'Blood (1937-2006) was a pilot in the US Air Force then commercial aviation, and a historian for the Air Force. The China-Burma-India theater was vitally important to the allies, he explains, because it tied down a million Japanese troops against the... (read more) List Price $36.95 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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Slim by Ronald Lewin Synopsis Ronald Lewin's biography charts Bill Slim's life from humble beginnings through World War I, the inter-war years to his leadership of the 14th Army in Burma.... (read more) List Price $12.99 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Defeat Into Victory by William Slim Publisher Comments Field Marshal Viscount Slim (1891-1970) led shattered British forces from Burma to India in one of the lesser-known but more nightmarish retreats of World War II. He then restored his army's fighting capabilities and morale with virtually no support from... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $13.50 Used - Trade Paper
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We Gave Our Today: Burma 1941-45 by William Fowler Publisher Comments Nearly a million strong by 1944, the British 14th Army fought and ultimately conquered the Japanese forces that invaded Burma and strove to break through into India. But the victory was hard won, with great suffering along the way. With priority given to... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $19.95 Used - Hardcover
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Hell under the Rising Sun: Texan POWs and the Building of the Burma-Thailand Death Railway by Kelly E. Crager Publisher Comments Late in 1940, the young men of the 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery Regiment stepped off the trucks at Camp Bowie in Brownwood, Texas, ready to complete the training they would need for active duty in World War II. Many of them had grown up together... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $26.58 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Forgotten Armies: The Fall of British Asia, 1941-1945 by Christopher Bayly Publisher Comments In the early stages of the Second World War, the vast crescent of British-ruled territories stretching from India to Singapore appeared as a massive Allied asset. It provided scores of soldiers and great quantities of raw materials and helped present a... (read more) List Price $31.50 Your price: $12.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Forgotten Air Force: The Royal Air Force in the War Against Japan 1941-1945 by Henry Probert Synopsis Recalling and explaining the achievements of the Royal Air Force in the Far East, this book pays them their rightful tribute. The history covers, among other things, the problems of the 1930s as they affected the RAF in the Far East, and the sad tale of... (read more) Your price: $47.50 Used - Hardcover
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Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students of T #15: A Flying Tiger's Diary by Charles R Bond Review "His diary is an intimate record of the war in the air above China and Burma. It is probably unique in the literature of World War II."--Rod Gragg Rod... (read more) List Price $15.75 Your price: $11.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Battle for Burma by Roy Conyers Nesbit Publisher Comments The struggle of British, Commonwealth and American-Chinese troops against the Japanese in Burma was one of the decisive campaigns of the Second World War. British India was threatened by the Japanese advance, the fate of the British Empire in the East... (read more) Your price: $50.00 New - Hardcover
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